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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the controversy here. If you don't want your kids doing hebrew immersion, don't send them. I find this no more controversial than Chinese immersion. Japanese was all the rage in the  80s because every one thought they were going to over take us in business. Now It is China. Who knows maybe it will be Israel next?!

As for religion, Jews don't proselytize. One cannot say that about Islam or Christianity. Have zero problems with it.[/quote]

OK, you need to read the thread, or at least the first few pages.  Even the school's strongest supporters say it will focus on language not religion, so that it can pass constitutional muster.

Although even supporters like you seem to assume it will be "jewish" in character instead of secular "hebrew"....

But beyond that, the debate has not been about whether a jewish school is somehow offensive, or not.  Nobody thinks this is offensive on the face of it.  Instead, the debate is about whether this school would get past the charter board.  Does it fill a need, like Chinese immersion which prepares kids for the 21st century business world? Do you really think Israel is the next Japan or China, or do you worry like me that Hamas is trying to make Arabic the lingua franca there? Or would a Hebrew school transparently cater to Ward 3 parents because its immersion language won't appeal to most hispanics, blacks, non-jewish whites, or to anybody outside Ward 3?  [/quote]

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